Out of Xiazhou and then to the north, you need to cross a Gobi Desert, here is the territory of the party and some miscellaneous Hu, the Tang Dynasty in the south widely used the state system is also popular here, but the fierce competition between the tribes here, coupled with the conscious division and collapse of the government, there has never been a large tribal alliance like the south, the largest unit of the object of the government is only the county, in addition to countless forts, villages, villages, courtyards, tribes, clans.

The county of Jianzhou is nominally the state and county of the Tang Dynasty, but it is actually an independent kingdom, and the history and county order of the county are the kings of the large and small independent kingdoms, but the difference is that these "kings" receive the official title of the Tang Dynasty, accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and symbolically fulfill a little obligation.

"This place is not far from Chang'an, in order to protect the safety of the heart, the imperial court has always stationed heavy troops here, and the party and the miscellaneous Hu Shang did not dare to make waves. However, the collection of so many miscellaneous beards in the heart of the heart is by no means a blessing for my Datang. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. ”

Li Xihao, the defense envoy of the Tiande army and the assassin of Fengzhou, has always been very worried about the miscellaneous forces entrenched between the border defense of Fengzhou and Chang'an.

Especially the last sentence came out of his mouth, which surprised Li Mao, Datang's attitude towards foreign races has always been tolerant, and this tolerance has become more and more intense with the strength of Datang's national strength, so that it reached the point of unrestrained in the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, and the Tang Dynasty, which was not defended against foreign races, was almost destroyed in a rebellion led by foreign races.

After falling from the peak, Datang has become increasingly conservative in its attitude towards foreign races, and even Li Xihao, who is responsible for calming down, openly said the sentence "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different".

Is this sentence wrong, Li Mao believes that at least for the time being, different ethnic groups that lack cultural identity are in the same region, and conflict will only outweigh cooperation, and it is not superfluous to be wary of dealing with such people.

"The important reason for our repeated defeats in battles with the grassland tribes often lies in these miscellaneous hus, these people are outright milky mothers, and there is absolutely no faith at all. As long as there is a slight show of favor on the grassland, he can stab you in the back, Xiazhou's reinforcements, grain and grass are either blocked by them, or invaded and plundered by them, Fengzhou is cut off from backup, and it suddenly becomes a lonely city, the situation is good, the city can only be guarded, the situation is not good, and the whole army is still a problem. ”

Li Xihao pointed to the towering Yin Mountain in the distance and said: "Since the Anshi Rebellion, my Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry has never been able to climb over this mountain, and the mountains and rivers behind the mountain have become a paradise for the Hulu. ”

With a sigh, Li Xihao said again: "This mountain is like a huge wall, and the Fengzhou border army is out of breath. ”

Li Mao said: "Not only is the Fengzhou border army, Chang'an is also deeply affected by this mountain. ”

In order to compete for hegemony here, the Murwei people and the Dangxiang people regarded the Tang Fengzhou garrison as nothing and fought wantonly, while the border army did not dare to launch punishment because of the fragility of the logistics supply line, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty within 500 miles around Fengzhou was nominally still the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it was actually out of control.

"Yin Mountain does not fall, and Fengzhou will never come out."

Li Xihao's last emotion won Li Mao's heart.

Crossing the Yellow River to the north, mountains, grasslands, Gobi, forests, and deserts are intertwined.

Soon after crossing the Yin Mountain, the influence of the Tang Dynasty only existed on the grasslands and forests on the abandoned forts, most of which had been completely abandoned and became a paradise for foxes and rabbits, and some were occupied by the Tang Dynasty homeless people, so as to avoid the infestation of wild beasts, horse bandits and small and medium-sized tribes, self-cultivation, self-consumption, industry and commerce, and became a paradise that does not care about heaven and earth.

These small independent kingdoms established by the Han people generally had a deep hostility towards the Tang Dynasty, which made Qin Mo very incomprehensible, why did the people of the Tang Dynasty become so hostile to the Tang Dynasty after leaving the Tang Dynasty?

The accompanying guide was a Han man with a deep Huhua, and he explained to Qin Mo: "Humanity is the homeland is difficult to leave, Datang occupies the most fertile place in the world, suitable for agriculture and business, and can make a living in whatever you do, but the reality is that the people of Datang are harder than the other, is the people of Datang not smart, no, is it that the people of Datang are not diligent, no, it is because there are too many officials in Datang who are too greedy, and the soldiers of Datang are too black and ruthless, and the people are unbearable." It is not easy for so many people to leave their hometowns and go to the desert Gobi to rebuild their homes here, and how can they give up this hard-won fruit to those officials and soldiers to pick it back, it is impossible, which is why the people here are extremely hostile to the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The people are not happy." Qin Mo laughed and said, "I knew you were going to slander my Tang Imperial Court. ”

The guide smiled: "I have left Datang for more than ten years, taken a Hu wife, made Hu friends, and now even my clothes have become Hu style, if I have to be a guide, even what I say is nonsense." Datang, it only exists in my dreams, after all, it is the place where I was born and raised, there are my relatives, there are my dreams, if it doesn't really break my heart, how can I bear to leave. That's it, the old grievances and grievances have long faded, and it is not possible to talk about slander or slander. ”

"But the resentment in your heart has not disappeared."

"Or maybe it's still a little, such a good country was ruined by a bunch of miscellaneous things, can I have no complaints?"

Qin Mo smiled: "You scolded the bald man in front of the monk, you are not kind, I will deduct your commission." ”

The guide apologized: "The villain is wrong, the villain is guilty, people are in a foreign country, it is not easy to make a living, and please ask the two adults to raise their noble hands, regardless of the nonsense **** of the villain." ”

Li Mao said: "You call yourself a villain, call us adults, is this a common title on the grassland?" ”

The guide sighed: "I'm just following the customs, the people of the Tang Dynasty are not happy, and the grassland is not a paradise. ”

Li Mao asked tentatively: "If one day, the banner of the Tang Dynasty is directed at the Uighur royal court, and you want to recover the lost land and restore the glory of the past, will you eat pot pulp to welcome the king's master, or will you strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness and help the Uighurs." ”

The guide smiled: "Shaoqing hasn't understood the meaning of the villain yet, I am already a Hu man, and it is my duty to guard my homeland." ”

Li Mao said: "You lie, your heart is still towards the Tang Dynasty." If there is really a day when Wang Shi goes north, you will still help Datang. ”

The guide lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe it will, or not, I'll talk about it then." ”

Li Mao laughed and stopped embarrassing the guide. (Dissertation College)